Psalms 36

1 Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself. The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

4 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

5 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth, even to the clouds.

Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

6 Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

7 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

8 They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

9 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

10 Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them that are right in heart.

Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12 There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and could not stand.

There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.